Religious motifs in the fairy tales of Oscar Wilde

Blažič, Milena (author), Iseni, Arburim (author)

Wilde’s fairy tales are the subject of much research, not only from the standpoint of religious and other motifs, but the present article needed to focus on the religious elements in fairy tales. Motifs, motif fragments and blind motifs from world religions, e.g. Apollo, Armenian, copper ring (Giges), bazaar, bengal fire, whipping with thorns, dervish, divan, priest with slanted eyes, Egypt, eunuchs, gong, India, Isis and Osiris, Orient, kaftan, Koran, leopard (leopard paws), lion skins, Idol, Mecca, Nile, Nubians, opium, pavilion, pyramids, pagan creatures, Roman candle, Samarkand, Syrians, elephant, silver crescent, slave, temple, tiger (tiger paws), turban, cave, Jews, etc.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Oscar Wilde, fairy tales, motifs, fairy, Virgil’s Wheel
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 143-155
• Numbering: Vol. 11, no. 20/21
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-152164
• UDC: 82-93
• ISSN on article: 2671-3012
• COBISS.SI-ID: 171350275
• Publication date in RUL: 09.11.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Filologjia
• Publisher: University of Tetova, Faculty of Philology, Republic of North Macedonia
• ISSN: 2671-3012
• COBISS.SI-ID: 171322627

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: religiozni motivi